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72% Critic Match
The Defiant Ones
“One of the great ones!”
7.2 / 10• 1958• 1h 36m•NR• English
CrimeDramaAdventureThriller
Storyline
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Cast & Crew
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Lead
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
King Donovan
Solly
Claude Akins
Mack
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanley Kramer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Defiant Ones is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
